Amanda Bynes Spotted Out and About in Hollywood Fans Didn't Recognize the 2000s Star
The star of the 2000s teen comedies Amanda Bynes was spotted in Los Angeles. The 38-year-old former actress and now manicurist was captured by the paparazzi while walking in Hollywood. Amanda was wearing a loose T-shirt, shorts and Vans sneakers, and her eyes were half-open in all the photographers' photos.
The actress's new photos have sparked heated discussions on social media. Users were surprised by Amanda's unrecognizable appearance, but most of them expressed their support and asked to leave the actress alone. "A shining example of why you should think twice before making your children famous," "I'm scared," "Just leave her alone, she's trying her best," "I'm so sad that she's not the girl we all loved and knew," "Courtesy of Dan Schneider (Amanda's former producer, who many blame for her condition. — Ed.)".
The She's the Man star recently posted on Instagram* that she had her lips removed and restored to their original shape. Amanda also had blepharoplasty and changed her hair color to dark.
Amanda Bynes was one of the brightest stars of the 2000s, along with Lindsay Lohan and Hilary Duff. The actress starred in the comedies She's the Man, Love Island, What a Girl Wants, and many others. From 1999 to 2003, she was the star of her own show on the Nickelodeon channel, The Amanda Show, for which she won the Kids' Choice Award four times. In 2010, Amanda started an account on X (former Twitter, banned in Russia) under the pseudonym Ashley Banks, where she said that at the age of 13 she had an abortion from her boss. It was clear that the actress was talking about the producer of her show, Dan Schneider.
In the mid-2000s, Bynes faced drug and alcohol addiction, which forced her to leave her career. In 2013, Amanda was arrested several times by the police - for drunk driving, attacking a fan, and attempted theft. The star was appointed a guardian, who was her mother, but nine years later the actress decided to refuse guardianship.
In 2019, after treatment, Amanda began to lead a sober lifestyle and even received a junior diploma from the Fashion Institute of Design and Marketing. But a couple of years later, the actress returned to treatment. In recent years, she studied to become a manicurist.